THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 11.30.25 Issue features Emily Bazelon and Rachel Poser on sixty former staff members of the Justice Department; Dennis Zhou on the novelist Solvej Balle; Linda Kinstler on neural implant technology; and more.

America’s Children Are Unwell. Are Schools Part of the Problem?

From A.D.H.D. to anxiety, disorders have risen as the expectations of childhood have changed.

The Athlete Trolling His Way Through Jiu-Jitsu’s Culture Wars

Brazilian jiu-jitsu has been increasingly embraced by right-wing influencers. Craig Jones is an unlikely counterforce. By Adrian Nathan West

I’m a Professor. A.I. Has Changed My Classroom, but Not for the Worse.

My students’ easy access to chatbots forced me to make humanities instruction even more human. By Carlo Rotella

THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 11.23.25 Issue features Daniel Bergner on how antidepressants could be disrupting the sexual development of teenagers; Coralie Kraft on three people who fell in love with A.I. chatbots; Jordan Kisner on the power of screaming and the Greek heroine Electra; Tina Brown in conversation with Lulu Garcia-Navarro; and more.

‘It’s a Culture Now of Fear’: A Year of Chaos Inside the Justice Department

Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency. By Emily Bazelon and Rachel Poser

Houses Collapsing Into the Sea? It’s Not as Baffling as It Looks.

Viewers seem baffled by viral videos of homes left to tumble into the ocean. But this is how we approach a growing range of “stranded” assets. By Brooke Jarvis

More Teens Are Taking Antidepressants. It Could Disrupt Their Sex Lives for Years.

Research on adults who take S.S.R.I.s shows they tamp down sexual desire. Why aren’t we studying what that could mean for adolescents who take them? By Daniel Bergner

THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 11.16.25 Issue features David Gaubey Herbert on the woman who wouldn’t stop having children; C.J. Chivers on a soldier stranded on the front lines in Ukraine; Matt Purdy on President Trump’s vagueness; and more.

More Teens Are Taking Antidepressants. It Could Disrupt Their Sex Lives for Years.

Research on adults who take S.S.R.I.s shows they tamp down sexual desire. Why aren’t we studying what that could mean for adolescents who take them?

Big Tech Wants Direct Access to Our Brains

As neural implant technology and A.I. advance at breakneck speeds, do we need a new set of rights to protect our most intimate data — our minds? By Linda Kinstler

Tina Brown Thinks the Über-Rich Have It Coming

The longtime editor and chronicler of the elite says she’s liberated and is letting it rip. By Lulu Garcia-Navarro

THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 11.9.25 Issue features Parul Sehgal on Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation of ‘Frankenstein’; Emily Baumgaertner Nunn on the trafficked girls of Los Angeles; Jesse Barron on the suicide of a teen who fell in love with an A.I. chatbot; J Wortham on the art exhibition using decommissioned Confederate monuments; and more.

They Fell in Love With A.I. Chatbots — and Found Something Real

Three people on the joys and anxieties of A.I. romances. By Coralie Kraft

A Harrowing Escape From the Drone-Infested Hellscape of Ukraine’s Front Lines

In Ukraine, unmanned weapons hunt the wounded and medics alike. Moving injured soldiers to safety has never been more difficult. By C.J. Chivers

Why Does So Much New Technology Feel Inspired by Dystopian Sci-Fi Movies?

The industry keeps echoing ideas from bleak satires and cyberpunk stories as if they were exciting possibilities, not grim warnings.By Casey Michael HenryCreditPhoto illustration by Michael Houtz

She Was Ready to Have Her 15th Child. Then Came the Felony Charges.

MaryBeth Lewis’s desire to be a new mom again, at 65 years old, led to a custody battle like no other. By David Gauvey Herbert

THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 11.2.25 Issue features Susan Dominus on women taking testosterone; Dan Brooks on the comedian Stavros Halkias; Joshua Leifer on Haredi conscription in Israel; and more.

‘Frankenstein’ Has Always Held Up a Mirror. What Does It Show Us Now?

In Guillermo del Toro’s new version, the answer lies in how deeply it explores the relationship between creator and created.

In the Trump Presidency, the Rules Are Vague. That Might Be the Point.

The U.S. has long believed that unspecific laws threaten democracy. So why is the administration being so vague? By Matthew Purdy

A Teen in Love With a Chatbot Killed Himself. Can the Chatbot Be Held Responsible?

A mother in Florida filed a lawsuit against an A.I. start-up, alleging its product led to her son’s death. The company’s defense raises a thorny legal question. By Jesse Barron

The Island That Keeps the Earth’s Secrets

Sulawesi, Indonesia, blurs the boundaries between myth and ecology. What might it reveal about our past – or destiny? Photographs and Text by Balarama Heller